"The Onion Scandal"

<p>Can the lowly onion heal ear infections, ease tinnitus, and even ward off the chance of a cold turning into bronchitis, or worse? Categorically yes. For centuries, onion poultices – a steamed, mashed onion complete with its healthful skin – smashed into a pulp and folded, warm, into a towel or cloth, has been used in all of these ways and more. (Dr Wolf shows you how to make one.) But what our great-grandmothers knew about the power of onion poultices has been erased from memory intentionally, by those who crafted ‘Rockefeller Medicine.’ Dozens of peer-reviewed studies show that onion poultices and even...